Michele Bedard-Gilligan

Dr. Bedard-Gilligan is an Acting Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington. She is involved in several research projects that are funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and the Alcohol Beverage Medical Research Foundation. Her research is applied in nature and predominantly focuses on mechanisms of recovery in PTSD, with a particular emphasis on narrative approaches to studying trauma memory quality and the co-occurrence of PTSD and alcohol use disorders. She has presented her research at national conferences and has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals. She also maintains an active clinical practice specializing in using empirically supported treatments for PTSD and other anxiety disorders at the University of Washington Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic and is involved in training and supervising individuals in the use of empirically supported treatments.